The Magna Aurea Podcast Episode 5: Homer's Iliad Book I with Christopher Blackwell, Ph.D. We discuss Book 1 of Homer's Iliad, the Greek sense of honor, the theme of rage, and implications of mortality.

Christopher Blackwell is the Louis G. Forgione University Professor of Classics at Furman University

BOOKS MENTIONED

Stanley Lombardo translation https://amzn.to/3d1hF63
Robert Fagles translation https://amzn.to/39878Vp
Quintus Smyrnaeus https://amzn.to/2NFAh2I

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